Wednesday 1 May 2013

What is a Partnership Minyan Anyway?

«JOFA defines a partnership minyan as:

[A] prayer group that is both committed to maintaining halakhic standards and practices and also committed to including women in ritual leadership roles to the fullest extent possible within the boundaries of Jewish Law. This means that the minyan is made up of 10 men, men and women are separated by a mechitzah, and the traditional liturgy is used. However, women may fully participate in kriyat ha'Torah (Torah reading), including layning and receiving aliyot, and may lead parts of the prayer service such as psukei d'zimrah and kabbalat Shabbat, which do not contain d'varim she bikedusha.[1]»

Partnership minyan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partnership_minyan


Best Regards,
RRW

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